Atmospheric carbonyl sulfide (OCS) measured remotely by FTIR solar absorption spectrometry

Toon, Geoffrey C.; Blavier, Jean-Francois L.; Sung, Keeyoon

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1923-2018

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12 Feb 2018

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Atmospheric carbonyl sulfide (OCS) measured remotely by FTIR solar absorption spectrometry

Geoffrey C. Toon, Jean-Francois L. Blavier, and Keeyoon Sung

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RC1: 'Review of the article: Atmospheric Carbonyl Sulphide (OCS) measured remotely by FTIR solar absorption spectrometry by G. Toon et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Jul 2017
- AC1: 'Author Response to Reviewer 1', Geoff Toon, 05 Oct 2017
RC2: 'Review of Toon et al manuscript on solar remote sensing of OCS', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Aug 2017
- AC2: 'Author Response to Reviewer 2', Geoff Toon, 05 Oct 2017

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OCS is the main form of atmospheric sulfur. It is produced near the earth's surface and destroyed primarily in the stratosphere, where it is converted to stratospheric sulfate aerosol (SSA). SSA plays an important role in atmospheric chemistry and transport and so it is important to better understand the factors that regulate OCS and hence SSA. Ground-based and balloon-borne infrared spectra observed over the past 30 years are analyzed to provide an improved OCS dataset.